Configuring a hyperspectral metalayer

During spectra extraction configuration, a metalayer is created in the Files tree. When you right-click a new metalayer in the Maps tree, you open a sub menu with commands for the Spectra Extraction Configuration window, the Spectra Extraction window, the Spectra Plotting window, and the Scatter Plot window. You can link between the image and a region of interest defined by a mask layer and work with scatter plots and spectra plots.

Metalayer analysis is based on wavelength metadata. Files must be either .pix format or linked to a .pix file. The region of interest channel must be added to a .pix file when using compressed data.

  1. From the Analysis menu, click Spectra Extraction.
  2. In the Spectra Extraction Configuration window, choose an input file from the Input list box. If no file is available, click Browse, locate and select a file in the File Selector window, and click Open.
  3. In the Region of Interest Channel area, choose a region of interest channel from the Layer list box. If you want to change the bit depth of the layer, choose one from the Type list box. You must select a channel type if you are creating a new layer.
  4. Click OK.

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